Applied English for
International Politics
Chapters 14 through 18
Name __________________________________ Mailbox _______ Points ____ / 16
| ___ 1 | deforestation | a | intended to reduce global warming |
| ___ 2 | economic | b | GATT |
| ___ 3 | greenhouse | c | a form of economic pressure such as increasing tariffs or reducing trade or aid |
| ___ 4 | the World Bank | d | gives loans and aid for the economic development of LDCs |
| ___ 5 | an agreement that tries to promote free trade by lowering tariffs | e | cutting down many or all of the trees in an area |
| ___ 6 | ozone | f | increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere creates warming of the Earth that is called the ___________ effect |
| ___ 7 | an organization created to promote the goals of GATT | g | a layer in the Earth's atmosphere that protects humans from the Sun's ultraviolet rays |
| ___ 8 | WHO | h | WTO |
| ___ 9 | sanction | i | financial position, natural resources, industrial output, and agricultural output combined |
| ___ 10 | NAFTA | j | an IGO agreement for free trade among the U.S., Mexico and Canada |
| ___ 11 | a system of international trade without economic barriers | k | caused in part by development in "the South" |
| ___ 12 | IMF | l | a UN agency that helps children |
| ___ 13 | UNICEF | m | a UN agency that works to improve health in the world |
| ___ 14 | national economic power | n | the main difference between "the North" and "the South" |
| ___ 15 | population growth, weakening social order, high unemployment and poverty, lack of food and housing | o | an IGO that makes loans to countries to keep currency exchange rates stable |
| ___ 16 | Kyoto Treaty | p | free market |